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Is globular clusters among the yougest objects known in the galaxy?
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How many globular clusters are there in the universe?
There are over 15 trillion globular clusters (150 per galaxy) in the universe.
What is an globular cluster galaxy?
A globular cluster (without "galaxy") is a large group of stars, in form of a sphere, within a galaxy. A galaxy may have thousands of such clusters. I am not sure whether the term "globular cluster galaxy" has any meaning in astronomy. It might be a galaxy with a lot of such clusters.
Are there any clusters on the Andromeda?
Any major galaxy has LOTS of star clusters, including globular clusters, if that's what you mean.
Is a globular cluster a galaxy?
In our Milky Way galaxy, globular clusters tend to be at the "outlying fringes" or "halo" of the galaxy, and seem to be largely made up of very old stars.
What is the difference between the milky way and globular clusters?
Globular clusters are small groups of stars, while the milky way is a large galaxy containing hundreds of billions of stars, along with some of these clusters.
What is the spherical region surrounding the disk of a spiral galaxy which contains globular clusters and reddish population II stars called?
The Galactic halo is the spherical region surrounding the disk of a spiral galaxy which contains globular clusters and reddish population II stars.
Are groups of stars that are usually located along the spiral disk of a galaxy.?
Clusters - either open or globular.
What did Harlow Shapley discover?
Harlow Shapley studied globular clusters and used the position of the clusters to locate the sun in the middle of our galaxy. He found out he was wrong but figured out that the sun was in one of the spiral arms in our galaxy
Did Shapley used the distribution of globular clusters in the galaxy to determine that the Sun was not at the center of the Milky Way?
mabye yes
How does the traditional theory of the formation of the galaxy explain the origin of globular clusters?
Cluster's form because gravity gradually builds a center of mass which over time accumulates more and more matter which can explain the formation of galaxies as well as globular clusters.
What is a cluster of stars that looks like a ball and contains up to 1 million stars called?
These are called Globular Clusters.They are not galaxies but instead are dense groups of stars that are part of a galaxy.Our Milky Way galaxy is estimated to have about 180 Globular Clusters in it. Many of them are near the center of our galaxy but some also orbit at the outer edges.For comparison, a Globular Cluster can contain 100's of thousands of stars and up to 1 million stars. Our Milky Way galaxy contains all those Globular Clusters plus over 100 billion more stars.
What do you call stars grouped together?
Depending on size, that's probably either a globular star cluster (a vaguely spherical grouping of tens of thousands of stars within a galaxy), or a galaxy (an elliptical, disc-shaped or irregular grouping of billions of stars - including several globular clusters).
